Joyable matches its users with “peer coaches, “not licensed therapists, who give encouragement and remind users to keep working toward their goals and not to abandon their therapy efforts. Joyable Chief Executive Pete Shalek said the startup would soon release native mobile apps that users can access when they aren’t connected with Wi-Fi, such as when they are commuting. The company will now use the money for research and development, and new hires to address multiple mental-health problems in the future. People rarely have social anxiety alone. So the goal is that they are looking at how to help people with depression, and other mental health issues that have “co-morbidity” with social
Joyable matches its users with “peer coaches, “not licensed therapists, who give encouragement and remind users to keep working toward their goals and not to abandon their therapy efforts. Joyable Chief Executive Pete Shalek said the startup would soon release native mobile apps that users can access when they aren’t connected with Wi-Fi, such as when they are commuting. The company will now use the money for research and development, and new hires to address multiple mental-health problems in the future. People rarely have social anxiety alone. So the goal is that they are looking at how to help people with depression, and other mental health issues that have “co-morbidity” with social